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Source Description
Nasca figures, like one on a bowl nearby, are shown wearing such forehead ornaments and mouth masks similar to these. The mouth mask hung from the nasal septum, the oval opening surrounding the mouth and the bristles positioned as feline whiskers, here transformed to serpents. Both were cut from sheet gold; details were worked freehand while the sheet rested on a soft surface.
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Document identity
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119669
label
Forehead Ornament
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Source metadata
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119669
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object
title
Forehead Ornament
description
Nasca figures, like one on a bowl nearby, are shown wearing such forehead ornaments and mouth masks similar to these. The mouth mask hung from the nasal septum, the oval opening surrounding the mouth and the bristles positioned as feline whiskers, here transformed to serpents. Both were cut from sheet gold; details were worked freehand while the sheet rested on a soft surface.
date
100 BCE–700 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60746129
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Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 27.4 x 9.3 cm (10 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
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Peru, South Coast, Nasca
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1940.509
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tec
hammered gold alloy
tombstone
Forehead Ornament, 100 BCE–700 CE. Peru, South Coast, Nasca. Hammered gold alloy; overall: 27.4 x 9.3 cm (10 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1940.509
collection
AA - Andes
didYouKnow
<em>Tumbaga</em> is an alloy made by blending gold with copper, which may give the gold a rosy hue.
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The Norweb Collection
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2026-05-29 06:10:40.063000
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119669
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered gold alloy
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